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Anesthesiology KOLs

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4,284 key opinion leaders work in Anesthesiology. All 4,284 are basic profiles built from NPPES, OpenAlex and ClinicalTrials.gov.

Mayo Clinic, Stanford University School of Medicine and Brigham and Women's Hospital have the largest Anesthesiology groups. They are spread across 375 institutions; the five largest account for 7%.

1,590 have reported industry payments.

73 carry the Emerging badge for the trajectory of recent publications. The most cited are William Clark, Nicholas Kassebaum and Daniel Sessler. Every count comes from public federal and open sources and was last published on November 8, 2026.

4,284
Key opinion leaders
1,590
Reported industry payments
73
Emerging
November 8, 2026
Data as of

How these numbers are counted: sources and methodology.

By the numbers

$43.4M
Industry payments reported, program year 2025Source: CMS Open Payments

How this list is built

Who is listed: every profile whose published research or registered trial activity places them in Anesthesiology, read from OpenAlex topics, PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov. This KOL finder lists the area as a whole, sub-areas included.

How the grid is ordered: enriched profiles first, then by citations on OpenAlex. The directory lists the same people with every filter and sort it offers, including recent and rising activity, and exports the result.

What is never here: scraped contact details, prescription claims data, or a judgment of anyone's influence. Every count on this page is read from a public registry and republished with its source and the date it was last published.

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The 24 most cited

William Clark, MD

Active 2025
Basic profileAnesthesiologyAnesthesiologySoutheast · SC
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Nicholas Kassebaum, MD

Seattle Children's Hospital

Active 2024
Basic profileFindMyKOL typeFindMyKOL type: our influence ranking, shown when you reveal the full profileAnesthesiologyAnesthesiologyWest · WA
197
publications
93
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5
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Daniel Sessler, MD

Outcomes Research Consortium

Active 2025
Basic profileFindMyKOL typeFindMyKOL type: our influence ranking, shown when you reveal the full profileAnesthesiologyAnesthesiologyMidwest · OH
1,404
publications
139
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16
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Clifford Deutschman, MD

Active 2023
Basic profileFindMyKOL typeFindMyKOL type: our influence ranking, shown when you reveal the full profileAnesthesiologyAnesthesiologyNortheast · PA
372
publications
54
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2
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Monica Vavilala, MD

University of Washington

Basic profileFindMyKOL typeFindMyKOL type: our influence ranking, shown when you reveal the full profileAnesthesiologyAnesthesiologyWest · WA
555
publications
64
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Mark Nunnally, MD

University of Chicago

Basic profileFindMyKOL typeFindMyKOL type: our influence ranking, shown when you reveal the full profileAnesthesiologyAnesthesiologyMidwest · IL
178
publications
37
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Mervyn Maze, MB, CHB

University of California, San Francisco

Basic profileFindMyKOL typeFindMyKOL type: our influence ranking, shown when you reveal the full profileAnesthesiologyAnesthesiologyWest · CA
546
publications
94
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Jack Shanewise, MD

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Basic profileFindMyKOL typeFindMyKOL type: our influence ranking, shown when you reveal the full profileAnesthesiologyAnesthesiologyNortheast · NY
106
publications
30
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Daniel Talmor, MD

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Active 2025
Basic profileFindMyKOL typeFindMyKOL type: our influence ranking, shown when you reveal the full profileAnesthesiologyAnesthesiologyNortheast · MA
581
publications
81
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3
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Cynthia Thomson, MD

University of Arizona

Basic profileFindMyKOL typeFindMyKOL type: our influence ranking, shown when you reveal the full profileAnesthesiologyAnesthesiologyWest · AZ
574
publications
81
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David Warltier, MD

Medical College of Wisconsin

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452
publications
92
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Sean Mackey, MD, PhD

Stanford Medicine

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580
publications
76
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Brian Bateman, MD

Stanford Medicine

Basic profileFindMyKOL typeFindMyKOL type: our influence ranking, shown when you reveal the full profileAnesthesiologyAnesthesiologyWest · CA
520
publications
89
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Jean-Francois Pittet, MD

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Basic profileFindMyKOL typeFindMyKOL type: our influence ranking, shown when you reveal the full profileAnesthesiologyAnesthesiologySoutheast · AL
335
publications
67
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James Eisenach, MD

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Basic profileFindMyKOL typeFindMyKOL type: our influence ranking, shown when you reveal the full profileAnesthesiologyAnesthesiologySoutheast · NC
756
publications
75
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Joseph Tobias, MD

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Basic profileFindMyKOL typeFindMyKOL type: our influence ranking, shown when you reveal the full profileAnesthesiologyPediatric AnesthesiologyMidwest · OH
1,163
publications
66
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Franklin Dexter, MD, PhD

University of Iowa

Basic profileFindMyKOL typeFindMyKOL type: our influence ranking, shown when you reveal the full profileAnesthesiologyAnesthesiologyMidwest · IA
854
publications
74
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David Gaba, MD

Stanford Medicine

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259
publications
58
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Juraj Sprung, MD

Mayo Clinic

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538
publications
65
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Steven Shafer, MD

Stanford Medicine

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453
publications
64
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Stavros Memtsoudis, MD, PhD

Hospital for Special Surgery

Basic profileFindMyKOL typeFindMyKOL type: our influence ranking, shown when you reveal the full profileAnesthesiologyAnesthesiologyNortheast · NY
522
publications
74
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Aryeh Shander, MD

Englewood Hospital and Medical Center

Active 2025
Basic profileFindMyKOL typeFindMyKOL type: our influence ranking, shown when you reveal the full profileAnesthesiologyAnesthesiologyNortheast · NJ
341
publications
62
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13
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Robert Truog, MD

Boston Children's Hospital

Active 2024
Basic profileFindMyKOL typeFindMyKOL type: our influence ranking, shown when you reveal the full profileAnesthesiologyAnesthesiologyNortheast · MA
441
publications
73
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4
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Eeshwar Chandrasekar, MD, MPH, MS

University of Rochester Medicine

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43
publications
26
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Frequently asked questions

How many Anesthesiology KOLs are in the directory?
4,284 as of November 8, 2026.
Who are the most cited Anesthesiology KOLs?
William Clark, Nicholas Kassebaum and Daniel Sessler, by citations on OpenAlex. The grid on this page shows the most cited profiles; the directory lists everyone and sorts by citations, publications, trials, recent activity or rising activity.
Which institutions have the most Anesthesiology KOLs?
Mayo Clinic, Stanford University School of Medicine and Brigham and Women's Hospital. The table on this page lists the ten largest of 375, each linking to its own page of KOLs.
How often is this page updated?
With every publish of the directory. The numbers here were last published on November 8, 2026, and each one names the registry it was read from.

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